Hi all.....
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you.... all. Thanks to all of you, I didn't =
let down the young teacher. Many of the examples you listed were not in =
our library, but within 48 hours, I contacted the public library, got many =
of the titles that were suggested and delivered the books to her classroom.=
I did give the listserv credit. When I became a librarian this year, I =
had no idea that I would be connected to such a wonderfully selfless group =
of people. Many thanks!
This is a long post....I've never tried to send anything this long before. =
I have noticed that others have separated long posts. If this initial =
post does not arrive intact, I'll send along the second part.
Thanks again.
Readingly yours,=20
Chris
I know this has been requested before so check the archives also. The=20
first title that comes to my mind is "What a Morning!" by Aylesworth, I=20
think. It is some author who's name begins with an A, that much I=20
remember!!1 <grin> Also, the Julius Lester African-American folktalkes,=20=
John Henry, Talking Eggs, Sam and the Tigers (not a folktale, but same=20
author) are great for dialect and figurative language....
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The wonderful book, There's a Frog in my Throat: 440 sayings a Little =
Birdie=20
Told Me, by Loreen Leedy is jam packed with them and rather fun as well. =
Bad=20
Boys by Margie Palatini has a fair number of similes, puns and word play =
as=20
well. Grzzz! by Kimmel and Snowflake Bentley have been recommended as =
well.
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In my humble opinion, "Where the Red Fern Grows" is one of the best novels
with excellent examples of similes, etc. Just my humble opinion. Check it
out.
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It's a little out of season, but The Night Before Christmas has some great
examples of both.
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Using Picture Storybooks to Teach Literary Devices: Recommended Books for =
Children and Young Adults=20
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The Chet Gecko mysteries by Hale (Hall?) are full of them.
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There are quite a few similes in HONEST TULIO (picture book) by John
Himmelman. I've used it with fifth graders for that purpose.
Cindy Maciog, SLMS
Moton Elementary
Hampton, VA 23663
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Lester's Sam and the tigers and John Henry. Sam has sentences like as red =
as=20
a happy heart and silver as promises that are always kept.
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Owl Moon, a wonderful picture book by Jane Yolen has some great examples =
of both devices.
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Two books in my collection that deal with similies are: You Dance Like An =
Ostrich: A Book of Similies by Sylvia Root Tester and I Read You Lound and =
Clear-The Kids Almanac of Colorful Phrases by Elyse Sommer.
I have a list on my web site, ATN Reading Lists:
metaphors http://nancykeane.com/rl/563.htm=20
similes http://nancykeane.com/rl/12.htm=20
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Any of the books by Tony Johnston are wonderful...try The Wagon...and I =
can't think of the really great one my teachers like...it has two cats on =
the cover...also Siebert with Train song....(I know of many more, but I'm =
at home and haven't had enough coffee yet!) It seems to me if you do a =
serach in the archives there were some hits with this last year that I =
printed out...
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Hi, I just worked with a teacher on finding examples of similes and
metaphors. Some of the things she chose to use were poems of Jack
Prelutsky and "A suitcase of seaweed and other poems" by Janet Wong.=20
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Night noises by Mem Fox is similies in a picture book
Form
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There is a terrific paperback called Using Picture Books to Teach =
Literary
Devices--I noticed it is still for sale on Amazon. It is by Susan Hall =
and
was published in 1994. It lists books to go with about 20 different
devices, such as personification, imagery, simile and metaphor. It even
quotes examples from the books. I like Owl Moon by Yolen to teach both
metaphor and simile. There are a lot of poems that will work also. I'll
be interested in ideas from others. =20
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There's a Frog in My Throat", by Loreen Leedy.
My fourth grade teachers are looking for books that show any of the
following: figures of speech, idioms, puns, onomatopoeia,
similes, metaphors, or any examples of figurative language.
I love the book CDB by William Steig! =20
Naomi Bates
Stellaluna for onomatopoeia
The King Who Rained for Homonyms/Homophones
Try books by Marvin Terban.
I think the Amelia Bedilia books are wonderful tools for teaching "figure
Of speech
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For similes: I love the similes used constantly in any of the Chet Gecko
books, by Bruce Hale. They are amusing and the kids get a kick out of =
them
once I ask them to listen for them. These are good read-aloud chapter
books. They fly off my shelves.
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Hi, I just worked with a teacher on finding examples of similes and
metaphors. Some of the things she chose to use were poems of Jack
Prelutsky and "A suitcase of seaweed and other poems" by Janet Wong.=20
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Christine L. Evans, librarian
Library/Media Center
Barrington Middle School - Station
cevans@cusd220.lake.k12.il.us
847-381-0464
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